Opinions

Because Amaechi Is Involved: Love Him or Hate Him

Christie Obiaruko May 15, 2021

– He is a big issue, love him or hate him. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has become a household name across every region. Rising from a child prodigy to the man with the magic touch in everything he lays his hands to do. Amaechi’s heart goes in even before the whistle is blown. From a powerful […]

“President Muhammadu Buhari, These ‘Surprises’ Are Choking Us To Death”

Stanley Ugagbe May 15, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has continued to tag those who air their grievances over the growing deteriorating state of the nation as ‘wailers’ – Today, I want to wail. In a time of critical oppression, every onlooker is either a coward or a beneficiary of the execrable dividends […]

ICPC versus Thieving Public Officers

Sanusi Muhammad May 15, 2021

The ongoing efforts by the independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to recover what were looted and stolen including diversion of public properties from itchy-fingered politicians and their collaborators in various strata of government deserves support through whistle blowing and commendation. From the records, ICPC has so far recovered over N900billion from unnamed criminally minded politicians […]

Idriss Deby: Warlord in Chad’s elusive peace

Owei Lakemfa May 14, 2021

THE last time I was in Chad was in 2014. In its capital, N’Djamena, I couldn’t resist the feeling that I was in a big rural village. Many of the side streets I went, were either un-tarred or in need of some repair and in some cases, water logged. Desperation was written on many faces […]

Coup Talk and Echoes of a Banana Republic

Azu Ishiekwene May 14, 2021

These days, it seems all right to play with fire. The blaze started like a solitary spark in Mali in August when the streets, the elite and jihadists banded to remove President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The former president had discarded election results and written a version that tightened his grip on power. How he thought […]

Looking back: Forty-five years ago

Edwin Madunagu May 14, 2021

Forty-five years ago, as I turned 30, I left Lagos for Ibadan. From Ibadan, together with a comrade of the same age, I left for a rural community somewhere between Gbongan and Ile-Ife in present-day Osun State. There we joined others, similarly inspired like us, about ten in number, male and female, excluding two kids […]

Nigeria and the Danger of ‘Plan B’

Olusegun Adeniyi May 13, 2021

Last Sunday, the charismatic ‘House on the Rock’ Pastor, Paul Adefarasin told his congregation that no country has survived two civil wars. He warned that if the current situation degenerates, nobody can foretell the consequences. After calling on the government and other stakeholders to come together to address the challenge, Adefarasin then added a controversial […]

Victims, casualties and profiteers of the malaria war

Owei Lakemfa May 13, 2021

How do you react to a preventable war in which just in Lagos alone – one of the thirty six states in Nigeria -700,000 human beings are annually taken prisoner, and worldwide, 229 million are taken prisoner with over 400,000 yearly sent to early graves? That is the situation with the ancient human war against malaria. Yet humanity has for over […]

Túpac Amaru: Senior Prefect in the liberation pantheon

Owei Lakemfa May 13, 2021

I have a confession. Sometimes, I have caught myself thinking about the world and what humans have done to it. Many times, I have been lost in thought about humans and what they have done to other human beings. Several times, I have caught myself debating who have been the most vicious colonialists who for […]

Nigeria: Media Literacy and the Nigerian Child

Justine John Dyikuk May 12, 2021

The globalised nature of the 21st century with all its ingredients of sophistication in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has turned the world into what the philosopher and media theorist, Marshall McLuhan calls “The Global Village.” The ease with which people do business, access and share information through surfing the Internet has drawn the attention […]